464 55. ASPLENlUM. § 3. En-ASPLENIUM. 



narrowly cuneate. Texture firm; rachis nearly naked; veins oblique, mostly 

 once forked or the lower acroscopical to 4X branched. Sori in regular rows, 

 reaching nearly the midrib and the edge. 



Java, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines, New Guinea; Samoa. 



(53) A. iinpressum, Christ, C. Chr., Ind. Pil.; A. canaliculalum, 

 Christ, Warb., Mons., I, 73. 



Like A. contiguum Klf. but smaUer. Rachis densely strigoso-paleaceous, 

 at \eng^ nearly naked. Pinnae shorter, broader, ovate-cuneate, not 2-auri- 

 cled, caudato-acuminate, 2-serrate. Veins prominent above, subflabellate. Sori 

 not close to the costae, more spreading, elongate, distant. 



Batjan. 



(54) A. Oardneri, Bh., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 485 ; Bedd., Ferns S. 

 Br.I., Suppl., tab. CCCLV. 



Rhizome short-creeping. Stipes grey, 5 — 15 c.M. long, with a few small, 

 scattered scales. Fronds lanceolate, 18 — 30 c.M. long, 7^-13 c.M. broad, 

 often gemmiferous; rachis not winged. Pinnae 8 — 10-jugate, distant, ascend- 

 ing, lanceolate, subpetiolate, acute, central ones 5 — 8 c.M. long, 1 — I'/i c.M. 

 broad, toothed, the base obliquely and rather broadly cuneate. Texture thin 

 but firm, supple; surfaces naked; veins erecto-patent, forked, moderately close. 

 Sori regular, parallel, 6 — 6-jugate, nearer the midribs than the edge, 6—12 

 m.M. long. — Closely allied to A. macrophyllum, Sw. 



Sumatra; Ceylon, Khasya. 



* (55) Jk. adiantoides, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; A. falcatum, Lam., Hk. 

 Bk., Syn. Fil., 208; Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam., P, fig. 126, G; 

 A. caudatum, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CXLIII; A. samiae folium, Pr.,Rel.Eaieak., 

 I, 43; Trichomanes adiantoides, L., (oldest name). 



Stipes tufted, 15 — 30 c.M. long, erect, grey or brown, naked or slightly 

 scaly. Fronds 15 — 60 c.M. long, 10^25 c.M. broad. Pinnae horizontal, 6 — 

 20 on each side, stalked, alternate or opposite, acute or caudate, 1 — ^'/a c.M. 

 broad, the edge toothed or lobed, the teeth or lobes toothed again, the upper 

 base broadly and the lower narrowly cuneate, the lower sometimes slightly 

 cut away. Texture coriaceous ; rachis naked or nearly so ; veins very oblique. 

 Sori long, in 1 — 2 irregular lines, reaching nearly to the edge. — Distinct 

 enough from A. macrophyllum, Sw. if typical specimens only are shown but 

 gradually passing into it (Bedd.). 



Trop. Asia, Australia, Polynesia, New Zealand, East. Africa. 



